Ian Black
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Ian Black spent 36 years at the Guardian, including time as Middle East editor, European editor, diplomatic editor and foreign leader writer. He died in January 2023. Read his obituary
October 2022
August 2022
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – family and politics collide
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, both Palestinian lawyers, had different views on how to achieve statehood for their nation. Raja recounts their struggle, and his father’s murder, in this highly readable memoir